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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
A Elghuel, A Timraz, AB Olokoba, AG Kankaria, Anthony Liwa, C Meaden, C Zaltman, D Pateron, DA Peura, DE Elliott, DJ Cook, DJ Exon, Eliasa Mkongo, EM Vreeburg, FK Chan, G Theocharis, GS Kibiki, HC Wolfsen, HM Salih, Hyasinta Jaka, J Chasawat, J Villanueva Palacios, JA Forrest, K Aoki, K Kivkin, K Palmer, M Suba, M Urassa, Mabula D Mchembe, Mariam Mirambo, ME Van Leerdam, Mheta Koy, MJ Kaviani, MN Lakhwani, N Sarin, NK Arora, P Vlavianos, Phillipo L Chalya, Rodrick Kabangila, S Mustapha, SA Hearnshaw, T Alempijevic, TA Rockall, TA Rockall, V Balderas, Wolfgang Scheppach   +45 more
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A Contribution to the Study of the Association of Pulmonary Emphysema and Peptic Ulcer [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 1958
This is a short survey on association of pulmonary emphysema and peptic ulcer in 680 hospitalized and 1218 private patients. The incidence of peptic ulcer in emphysemateous patient has been approximately evaluated as 38,80 /0 in hospital and 99% in ...
A. T. Nafici
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Extensive perianal pyoderma gangrenosum, diagnostic-therapeutic approach to a complicated patient. Case report and literature review [PDF]

Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023
Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis with very low incidence and varied clinical presentation associated with different comorbidities. It is also a diagnostic-therapeutic challenge.
Laura Areli Pérez-Campos, Salvador Alonso Gutiérrez-Ávila, Valerie Dafne Alcántara-Ramírez, Daniel Oswaldo Dávila-Rodríguez   +3 more
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Clinical and endoscopic aspects in the evolution of patients with bleeding peptic ulcer: a cohort study [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2000
Background - Bleeding ulcers are a major problem in public health and represent approximately half of all the cases of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the United States.
Fábio SEGAL, João Carlos PROLLA, Ismael MAGUILNIK, Fernando H. WOLFF   +3 more
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Trends in peptic ulcer disease and the identification of Helicobacter Pylori as a causative organism: Population-based estimates from the US nationwide inpatient sample

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background: Peptic ulcer disease can lead to serious complications including massive hemorrhage or bowel perforation. The modern treatment of peptic ulcer disease has transitioned from the control of gastric acid secretion to include antibiotic therapy ...
Bronislava Bashinskaya, Brian V Nahed, Navid Redjal, Kristopher T Kahle, Brian P Walcott   +4 more
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An evaluation of 605 endoscopic examination in a rural setting, Lacor Hospital in Northern Uganda [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of esophagogastroduodenal (EGDS) diseases diagnosed by upper endoscopy in a rural area of Uganda in a retro-protective study of 605 patients.
Alema NO, Ogwang DM, Okello TR, Pecorella I.   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients admitted to the intensive care unit [PDF]

Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2018
Introduction. Gastrointestinal bleeding is a life-threatening condition, with a mortality depending on the cause and severity. The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary aspects of a ...
Ruxandra OPRITA, Madalina ILIE, Vasile SANDRU, Daniel BERCEANU, Gabriel CONSTANTINESCU   +4 more
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Off-hour admission and mortality risk for 28 specific diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 251 cohorts [PDF]

, 2016
Background: A considerable amount of studies have examined the relationship between off-hours (weekends and nights) admission and mortality risk for various diseases, but the results remain equivocal.
Cao, Shiyi, Herath, Chulani, Hu, Bo, Li, Wenzhen, Lu, Zuxun, Song, Fujian, Xia, Jiahong, Zhou, Yangfeng   +7 more
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Peptilise haavandi verejooks: patsiendid, ravi ja selle tulemused TÜ Kliinikumi kirurgiakliinikus 2003–2012 [PDF]

, 2013
Eesmärk. Töö eesmärgiks oli analüüsida ja iseloomustada peptilise haavandi verejooksuga (PHV) patsiente ning nende ravi ja selle tulemusi kui ravikvaliteedi näitajaid TÜ Kliinikumi kirurgiakliinikus viimase 10 aasta jooksul. Metoodika.
Kirsimägi, Ülle, Peetsalu, Ants, Peetsalu, Margot   +2 more
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The influential roles of antibiotics prophylaxis in cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer bleeding after initial endoscopic treatments.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The influential roles of antibiotic prophylaxis on cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer bleeding are still not well documented. The purpose of this study is to clarify these influential roles and to identify the risk factors associated with rebleeding ...
Shih-Cheng Yang, Jen-Chieh Chen, Wei-Chen Tai, Cheng-Kun Wu, Chen-Hsiang Lee, Keng-Liang Wu, Yi-Chun Chiu, Jing-Houng Wang, Sheng-Nan Lu, Seng-Kee Chuah   +9 more
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